A Malay-English dictionary,

PANCHONG [ 474 ] PINDANG

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~? panchong. Cutting off a projection, lopping,
_' beheading, cutting off a limb, mutilating.
Panchong-lah mulut-nya: mutilate the mouth,
i.e., cut out the tongue; Ht. Kal. Dam., 255.
Banyak belanda terkena panchong,
Sa-tangah terkdrat tilinga dan hidong:
many Dutch were mutilated, some had their
ears and others their noses cut off; Sh. Par.
Ach., I7.
MEmanchong: to prune, to lop, to behead, to
mutilate; Ht. Raj. Sul., 25. Panchongkan: id.
Panchongkan ktpala: to behead; Ht. Pg. Ptg.
Tampat pamanchongan: a place of execution or
punishment; Ht. Raj. Sul., 26. Cf. manchong.
'~. penchang or pinchang. Pinchong-pinchut, or
(Kedah) penchang-penchot: zigzag, irregular.
Pinchang-pinchut, kaki ayam,
Punkor herut berjalan malam:
zigzag, zigzag, like the feet of a fowl, crooked
behind and choosing night for their walks,a proverbial rhyme quoted against prostitutes.
penchong. Out of line, swerving from its
proper direction or course; crooked, broken,
discontinuous.
J-f}t panchapersada. Seepancha.
j3 p6nchak. A variety of the sword dance;
fencing. Silat p.: id., Ht. Gh. Mme'nchak:
(Kedah) to fence. Betrpenchak: id., Ht.
Hamz., 14. Cf. panchang and pancha.,3^ pinchok. A way of preparing sour fruits or
vegetables for consumption; slicing and boiling
them in syrup.
Laksana nyior mumbang di-buwat
Pinchok menghilangkan kelat:
like a young coco-nut which is made into
pinchok to deprive it of its "bite"; Prov.
^j' ponchak or punchak. Top, summit, crown;
the end of a rope; the top of a Malay umbrella;
the knob on a flagstaff. P. gunong: the crest
of a mountain, Sh. Panj. Sh. See kemonchak
which is the (derivative) form in common use.
Also (Kedah) pochak.
(j^ p~nchil. Detaching; separation; severance of
an individual or small body from the main
body. Terpenchil: to get detached, to become
severed (from the main body). Terpfnchil-lah
raja daripada lashkar-nya: the prince got
separated from his army; Ht. Gh. Barang
yang tarpenchil di.tangkap uleh harimau: whatever got separated was taken by tigers; Ht.
Kal. Dam., 382.

panchalogam. An alloy of several metals;
seepancha.;, panchawarfna. Of several (nominally five)
colours; seepancha.

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A:j pdnda. To amend; to alter with the object
of improving (used of amendments to rules
and regulations).
\. pandawa or p6ndawa. Skr. A name given
to the heroes of the Mahabharata, the five
sons of Pandu. The three most commonly
known are Yudisthira (Malay: Maharaja
Dermawangsa; Arjuna (Sang Ranjuna) and
Bhima (Sang Birma). Hikdyat Pandawa Jaya,
Hikayat Pandawa Lima: names of Malay stories
borrowed from the Mahabharata.
These heroes have also given their names to
patterns of swords, rings, etc.; e. g., imngunus
pandawa, Ht. Hg. Tuw., 39; bUrchinchin
pandawa-jaya, Ht. Ind. 'Nata;= — kain songket
pandawa (a pattern of cloth); pisau pandawa (a
Kedah weapon); dudok di-wijil pandawa, Ht.
Perb. Jaya.
Cr~!~ p6ndahan. A javelin, a dart hurled by the
hand; Ht. Hamz., 20.
AjJ pandir. Pa' pandir: "old Father Pandir,"
the name of a legendary person who typifies
the born fool. Sap erti Pa' Pandir: like Pa'
Pandir, a proverbial description of a loquacious
fool...j pfndar. Phosphoric light, phosphorescence,used of the "phosphoresence" of the waves,
the luminosity of the millipede (kele~mayar),
the glow of a firefly or glow worm, etc. P.
mata: "to see stars." Also (Kedah) penar.
o)Aj p6ndrah. A talismanic protection against
wounds either by the use of a lucky keris which
wards off all blows or by direct magical
influence on the arm of the assailant.
pandang. Gazing; looking fixedly at any
thing; noticing; seeing and observing, in
contradistinction to merely seeing. Dipandang-nya lebeh kapada orang kaya dan korang
kapada orang miskin: he paid more attention
to the rich and less to the poor; Ht.
Abd., 290.
Pandangan: sight, observation, notice; Ht.
Abd., 148. Phmandangan: id.; Ht.
Abd., i66, 295, 336.
Memandang: to see, to observe, to notice, to
look at, to stare at. Puchat-lah muka-ku sebab
memandang muka segala p-ranakan holanda:
my face became pale (with shame and annoyance) at seeing the looks of the men of Dutch
descent; Ht. Abd., I9i.
pending or (Kedah) pndeng. A metal clasp
for a girdle; an ornamental waist-buckle;
Ht. Mar. Mah.; Sh. Bid., 9; Sh. Kamp.
Boy., 11; Sh. Put. Ak., 15.

Tali p.: a girdle with a metal plate-clasp.
pindang. Fish cooked with a piquante sauce
0W containing salt, asam gelugor, and other
ingredients. P. bUtawi and p. serani: varieties
of this dish.

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